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And IΚἀγὼtellλέγωyou,ὑμῖνask,αἰτεῖτεandκαὶit will be givenδοθήσεταιto you;ὑμῖνseek,ζητεῖτεandκαὶyou will find;εὑρήσετεknock,κρούετεandκαὶit will be openedἀνοιγήσεταιto you.ὑμῖν
Luke 11:9
Study it in the app“And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.”
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With the Greek beneath
Luke 11:9, word by word
- And IΚἀγὼKagō
and I, I also
And I, I too.
Where else “Kagō” appears- tellλέγωlegō
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legō” appears- askαἰτεῖτεaiteite
ask
Ask, ask for.
Where else “aiteite” appears- it will be givenδοθήσεταιdothēsetai
give
To hand something to another freely, as a gift.
Where else “dothēsetai” appears- seekζητεῖτεzēteite
seek
To go after something or someone until it is found.
Where else “zēteite” appears- you will findεὑρήσετεheurēsete
find
To come upon something or someone, after searching or by surprise.
Where else “heurēsete” appears- knockκρούετεkrouete
knock
Knock, strike at a door.
Where else “krouete” appears- it will be openedἀνοιγήσεταιanoigēsetai
open
Open.
Where else “anoigēsetai” appears
Parallel passages
Other books that tell the same thing or quote these words.
Ask, seek, knock
A similar saying; scholars discuss whether it is the same saying in another setting or a repeated one.
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Luke 11:9-13
9And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 10For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. 11And which of you fathers, if his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead of a fish? 12Or if he also asks for an egg, will he give him a scorpion? 13So if you, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the Father who is from heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
7“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 8For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. 9Or which man is there among you whose son will ask him for bread— he will not give him a stone, will he? 10Or if he also asks for a fish, he will not give him a snake, will he? 11If then you, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!
The context
8I tell you, even if he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his shameless persistence he will get up and give him as much as he needs.
9 · This verse (above)
10For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.
To study Luke 11 in a group
1. What it says
When the disciples ask to be taught to pray, what does Jesus tell them to say, and what stories does he add? (vv. 1-13)
2. What it means
Jesus says “ask, seek, knock” and compares God to a father who gives good gifts. What does that teach about what God is like? (vv. 9-13)
3. How I live it
What concrete thing would you like to ask God today, with the trust a child has when speaking to a father?